Guides

Here’s an extensive list of forestry field guides and other resources, mostly Michigan-based.

General Forestry Manuals and Guides

USDA-NRCS National Forestry Handbook: http://soils.usda.gov/technical/nfhandbook/

USDA-NRCS National Forestry Manual: http://directives.nrcs.usda.gov/17896.wba

USDA-NRCS Michigan Conservation Practice Standards and Conservation Sheets: http://efotg.nrcs.usda.gov/efotg_locator.aspx?map=MI (select your county, and browse to Sec. IV)

Forest Landowner’s Guide to Internet Resources: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/misc/ir/index.htm

MDNR Website: http://www.midnr.com

MSUE Forestry Publications: http://www.for.msu.edu/extension/extensio.htm

US Forest Service Website: http://www.fs.fed.us

US Forest Service Northeastern Area-State and Private Forestry Website: http://na.fs.fed.us/

US Forest Service North Central Forest Experiment Station, St. Paul, MN: http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us

Forestry Images:

Many forestry images: http://www.forestryimages.org/

Agroforestry

National Agroforestry Center (NAC) Website. Order Free Brochures and tools on: Alley Cropping, Forest Farming, Riparian Forest Buffers, Silvopasture, Windbreaks, Special Applications: http://www.unl.edu./nac/

Christmas Trees

Growing Christmas Trees In Michigan, MSU-E Bulletin E-1172: http://forestry.msu.edu/extension/ExtDocs/xmastree.htm

Shearing Recommendations for Christmas Tree Producers, NCR310E Bulletin: http://forestry.msu.edu/extension/ExtDocs/shear.htm

Consultant Foresters

By Counties: http://forestry.msu.edu/extension/extdocs/consulfor/consult.htm

Direct Seeding

Illinois Direct Seeding Handbook (Click on Technical Resources): http://www.il.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/forestry/dshndbk.html

Woody Plant Seed Manual, USFS Misc. Publication #654: http://www.nsl.fs.fed.us/wpsm/

Invasive Plants-Michigan

Michigan Invasive Plants Council and Invasive Plants List: http://invasiveplantsmi.org/

Forest Insects and Diseases

Christmas Tree Pest Manual, MSU-E, FS Bulletin E-2676, published 1998: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/misc/xmastree/index.htm

Crop Advisory Team Alerts (CAT) Forestry, Landscape and Christmas Trees: http://www.ipm.msu.edu/land-cat.htm

Forest Health- Reporting Forest Insect and Disease Pests: http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-30301_30505_30830—,00.html

Fertilization-Trees

Fertilizing Shade and Ornamental Trees, MSU-E Bulletin: http://forestry.msu.edu/extension/ExtDocs/fert.htm

Forest Management

Crop Tree Management in Eastern Hardwoods, NA-TP-19-93 by Arlyn Perkey: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/ctm/cover_to_toc.pdf

USDA-NRCS Forest Stand Improvement Standard and Conservation Sheet: http://efotg.nrcs.usda.gov/efotg_locator.aspx?map=MI (select your county, and browse to Sec. IV)

Purdue University Forest Management Bulletins/Publications: http://www.agcom.purdue.edu/agcom/Pubs/fnr.htm

University of Minnesota Forest Management Bulletins/Publications: http://www.extension.umn.edu/topics.html?topic=2&subtopic=91

Timber Harvesting and Timber Sales

Conducting a Successful Timber Sale: http://clean-water.uwex.edu/pubs/pdf/forest.timbersale.pdf

Michigan Stumpage Price Reports: http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10368_22594-81536–,00.html

Ohio Timber Prices Reports. Good reference for the SLP: http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/ohiowood/

Tree/Shrub Identification

National Plants Database: http://plants.usda.gov

Virginia Tech Dendrology page: http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/idit.htm

Landscape Plants of the Upper Midwest: http://www.midwestlandscapeplants.org/index.cfm

Identifying Trees in Michigan, MSU-E Publication, E-2332: http://forestry.msu.edu/extension/ExtDocs/idents.htm

Tree/Shrub Planting

USDA-NRCS Michigan Tree/Shrub Planting Standards and Conservation Sheets: http://efotg.nrcs.usda.gov/efotg_locator.aspx?map=MI (select your county, and browse to Sec. IV)

Tree Planting in Michigan, MSU-E Bulletin E-771: http://forestry.msu.edu/extension/ExtDocs/treeplnt.htm

Weed Control for Tree/Shrub Planting, USDA-NRCS Conservation Sheet: http://efotg.nrcs.usda.gov/efotg_locator.aspx?map=MI (select your county, and browse to Sec. IV)

USDA-NRCS Tree Planting Standard and Conservation Sheets: http://efotg.nrcs.usda.gov/efotg_locator.aspx?map=MI (select your county, and browse to Sec. IV)

Veg Spec Web Site: http://vegspec.nrcs.usda.gov/vegSpec/index.jsp

American Standards for Nursery Stock: http://www.anla.org/applications/Documents/Docs/ANLAStandard2004.pdf

Cover crops (Ontario Extension Notes): http://www.lrconline.com/Extension_Notes_English/pdf/cvrcrps.pdf

Tree/Shrub Pruning

USDA-NRCS Michigan Tree/Shrub Pruning Standard and Conservation Sheets: http://efotg.nrcs.usda.gov/efotg_locator.aspx?map=MI (select your county, and browse to Sec. IV)

Windbreaks

USDA-NRCS Michigan Standards and Conservation Sheets for Windbreak Establishment and Windbreak Renovation: http://efotg.nrcs.usda.gov/efotg_locator.aspx?map=MI (select your county, and browse to Sec. IV)

National Agroforestry Center (NAC): http://www.unl.edu./nac/